This 173rd Airborne Brigade video encompasses the brigade’s long-standing legacy and what is means to be a Sky Soldier! Airborne! U.S. Army Europe and Africa U.S. Army video by Staff Sgt. Luke Wilson | U.S. Army Chief of Staff

The 173rd Airborne Brigade is capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European Command (EUCOM), U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) or U.S. Central Command areas of responsibility. Training to maintain that ready-force capability, the U.S. Army paratroopers conduct night airborne operations using United States Air Force aircraft from Ramstein Air Base, Germany at the Juliet Drop Zone in Italy. #KnowYourMil | U.S. Department of War

#MedalofHonor President Barack Obama presented the Medal of Honor to 173rd Airborne Brigade Staff Sgt. Ryan Pitts in the East Room of the White House, July 21, 2014. It was followed by a standing ovation. Pitts demonstrated extraordinary heroism on July 13, 2008, at Vehicle Patrol Base Kahler, near Wanat Village, Kunar Province, Afghanistan. Despite being severely wounded, he took control of the observation post, returned fire and threw grenades to hold off over 200 enemy fighters. His relentles